Somali govt forces and Kenyan troops clashed in the Somali town of El-Wak at 7:30am this morning after mistaking each other respectively for Al-Shabab militants during patrol, leading to heavy exchange of gunfire, a Somali security officer was killed: residents

Tunisia - protests. PM Chahed directly accuses the Popular Front (Jabha), a leftist coalition, of being behind the violence, smashing and looting that accompanied the fresh anti-austerity protests in several Tunisian towns

Speaking at an AK Party meeting, President Erodgan said: "Unfortunately, Africa which will be a star of the 3rd millennium, was left to colonisers. Our aim is to open embassies in all countries on the continent. We see that when we take a step towards Africa, Africa runs to us"

Protesters in El Gtar, in Tunisia's Gafsa Governorate, have closed the road linking Gafsa to Gabes, burned tires, and forced the trucks transporting phosphates to dump their loads in the middle of the road to protest rising prices.

Clashes and rock throwing also broke out between protesters and security forces. In Tebourba, Manouba Governorate, a youth involved in the protests died (cause unclear) and several security officers were injured. Another officer was hospitalized in Kasserine.